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Traffick: The Illicit Movement of People and Things
Gargi Bhattacharyya
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Description for Traffick: The Illicit Movement of People and Things
Paperback. Shows how the illegal economy -- drugs and people-trafficking -- is essential to global markets. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCLT; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
This book explores the underbelly of globalisation - the illicit networks of money, drugs, people and arms that make up a multi-billion dollar illegal economy.
This is the dangerous world of trafficking, identified by developed countries as the major threat to international order. In their eyes, it brings unwanted and undocumented people into the hidden crevices of affluent societies; guns and drugs are exchanged for access to the global market through the backdoor. As a result, trafficking is scrutinised, vilified, outlawed, even as free trade is celebrated.
Gargi Bhattacharyya argues that trafficking is ... Read more
This book explores the underbelly of globalisation - the illicit networks of money, drugs, people and arms that make up a multi-billion dollar illegal economy.
This is the dangerous world of trafficking, identified by developed countries as the major threat to international order. In their eyes, it brings unwanted and undocumented people into the hidden crevices of affluent societies; guns and drugs are exchanged for access to the global market through the backdoor. As a result, trafficking is scrutinised, vilified, outlawed, even as free trade is celebrated.
Gargi Bhattacharyya argues that trafficking is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745320472
SKU
V9780745320472
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99-50
About Gargi Bhattacharyya
Gargi Bhattacharyya is Professor of Anti/Post/Decolonial Theory at the University of the Arts London. They are the author of Rethinking Racial Capitalism (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018), Dangerous Brown Men (Zed, 2008) and Traffick (Pluto, 2005). Gargi Bhattacharyya has published well-received works on questions of racial capitalism, the war on terror, empire and the politics of racism, sexuality and capitalism, ... Read more
Reviews for Traffick: The Illicit Movement of People and Things
I have no hesitation in saying it promises to be an excellent and much needed book and recommend[...] that you accept it. I would certainly use it as recommended reading on my undergraduate course on human rights and globalization
Professor O'Connell Davidson, Nottingham University
Professor O'Connell Davidson, Nottingham University